What does an engaged university look like?

An engaged university embeds public engagement into its work.

An engaged university does not treat public engagement as an 'add on' or fringe activity. It embeds public engagement into the way it approaches its work. Typically, engaged universities will have activities in place which incorporate public engagement into their research, knowledge exchange, teaching, and social responsibility:

To achieve this embedding, universities need to attend to the following challenges:

Sense of purpose

An engaged university has embedded a commitment to public engagement in its institutional mission and strategy, and champions that commitment at all levels:

It creates a shared understanding of the purpose, value, meaning and role of public engagement to staff and students and embeds this in its strategy and mission